Health and Well-being Week
“Toward the Age of 100 Years of Life” for a prosperous future where life shines brightly
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Leading researchers from around the world will present the latest research on maintaining physical and mental health as we age, aiming to help people reach a 'happy 100 years old.'
Discussion
- Healthy life expectancy
- Well-being
| Transmission of simultaneous interpretation | Provided |
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| Language of interpretation | Japanese and English |
Reservations are required for this programme.
Booking is available from the 2-month advance draw. Please check the site below for the timing of the booking start.
Please note that bookings may not be available due to the status.
For more information about making a reservation to watch a programme.
This programme is scheduled to be live streamed at the Virtual Expo. We will inform you once it is confirmed.
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Participation Programme
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
- * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.
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2025.06.23[Mon]
18:30 ～ 20:00
(Venue Open 18:00)
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- Venue
- Theme Weeks Studio
Programme details
In Japan, a super-aged society, the term “100-year-life era” has become widely known, but not many people realistically anticipate that they or their family members will live beyond 100 years.
By learning about the latest research on healthy aging, we hope you will understand that living to 100 years is becoming a realistic goal from both medical and scientific perspectives. By implementing strategies that suit you, we aim to help many people achieve a 'happy 100 years old.'
Cast
Moderator
Shinichiro Imai
Washington University School of Medicine (USA), Theodore & Bertha Bryan Distinguished Professor of Environmental Medicine, Chairman, the Institute for Research on Productive Aging (IRPA)
Professor Imai is one of the world-renowned experts in aging and longevity research. He has discovered the importance of sirtuins, NAD+, and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) in mammalian aging and longevity control. He has recently proposed a new concept, named “NAD World 3.0”, to explain how the brain and other organs communicate to control aging and determine lifespan. He received MD and PhD degrees in Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, and then moved to the United States. Since 2001, Professor Imai has been running his laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, leading the cutting-edge front of aging and NAD+/NMN biology. He was selected as one of “The Most Influential 100 People for Japan” in 2017 by Nikkei Business. He is currently the Theodore & Bertha Bryan Distinguished Professor of Environmental Medicine and also the Chairman of the Institute for Research on Productive Aging (IRPA), trying to promote “Productive Aging” throughout the globe.
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Nir Barzilai
Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, President, Academy for Health & Lifespan Research
Professor Nir Barzilai is a preeminent leader in geroscience, demonstrating in his studies that aging has its own biology that drives age-related diseases, a process that can be targeted. At Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he is the director of the Institute for Aging Research and the author of >350 papers. He made seminal discoveries in extending the health and lifespan of animals and discovering pathways for exceptional longevity in humans. He is leading an international effort to approve drugs targeting aging. Dr. Barzilai is a co-founder and the President of AHLR. He is also on the board of directors of the American Federation for Aging Research, where he co-leads its biomarker effort (FAST), TAME, and Super Agers initiative. He is an Executive of the Longevity Biotech Association (LBA) and serves on the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society council. He authored Age Later: Health Span, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity.
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Andrea Maier
Professor, National University of Singapore
Andrea B. Maier, MD PhD FRACP (1978), is a leading expert in gerontology and aging. She graduated in Medicine (MD) from the University of Lübeck (Germany) in 2003 and became a specialist in Internal Medicine-Geriatrics in the Netherlands in 2009. She was appointed Full Professor of Gerontology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2013 and headed Geriatrics at the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center (2012–2016). From 2016 to early 2021, she was Divisional Director at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne.
Currently, she is the Director of the Academy for Healthy Longevity at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Professor Maier leads major research on aging and age-related diseases, with over 430 publications and an H-index of 75. She co-founded Chi Longevity in 2022 and NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity in 2023. She advises global bodies such as the WHO and Hevolution and has held leadership roles in several societies.
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Masashi Yanagisawa
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, S’UIMIN, Inc.
Obtained M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Tsukuba. At the age of 31, moved to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and operated his own laboratory for 24 years. His discovery of the vasoconstrictor endothelin and the sleep/wake regulator orexin each led to the development of new clinically approved medicines. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. Recipient of numerous awards, including the Order of the Purple Ribbon, the Asahi Prize, the Keio Medical Science Prize, the Person of Cultural Merit, the Breakthrough Prize, and the Clarivate Citation Laureate.
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Shigeko Segawa
Staff Writer, Asahi Shimbun Science Department
Graduated from the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo. After serving as a Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, joined Asahi Shimbun. Has worked as a reporter, deputy editor-in-chief of AERA, covering basic science and biology. Co-authored books include 'The Science and Disaster Prevention of Megaquakes' and 'The Opened Pandora's Box: The Frontline of Aging and Longevity Research.
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Health and Well-being Week
“Toward the Age of 100 Years of Life” for a prosperous future where life shines brightly
Leading researchers from around the world will present the latest research on maintaining physical and mental health as we age, aiming to help people reach a 'happy 100 years old.'
-
2025.06.23[Mon]
18:30～20:00
(Venue Open 18:00)
- Theme Weeks Studio
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
- * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.
Reservations are required for this programme.
Booking is available from the 2-month advance draw. Please check the site below for the timing of the booking start.
Please note that bookings may not be available due to the status.
For more information about making a reservation to watch a programme.
This programme is scheduled to be live streamed at the Virtual Expo. We will inform you once it is confirmed.
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